Dolittle, Mo. (KMIZ) Firefighters with the U.S Forest Service fought a large wildfire in Phelps County Friday. According to the Dolittle Rural Fire Protection District, the fire near Highway J and K burned nearly 350 acres. Saturday morning, a red flag warning was issued for Phelps County and surrounding counties, forcing a burn ban to
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OSAGE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Editor’s note: The driver involved in the crash wasn’t wearing a helmet. A Rolla man was killed Sunday night following a motorcycle in Osage County. The crash happened on County Road 722 near Route Y around 7:10 p.m., according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers investigated a motorcycle crash yesterday
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PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was killed Sunday night in a motorcycle crash on a highway near Rolla. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened on Highway A near Ridgetop Drive around 10:30 p.m. Troopers said Ryan M. Jensen, 34, of Rolla, was thrown from the motorcycle after driving off the
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The Missouri Public Service Commission is reporting Ameren Missouri natural gas customers will see natural gas rates going up due to the estimated changes in the wholesale cost of natural gas on July 1.
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PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. James teenager was killed Sunday night after falling out of a pickup truck bed. The 16-year-old boy fell out of the vehicle on County Road 2250, about 2 miles west of St. James, around 10 p.m., according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Staff at Phelps Health in Rolla
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A Phelps County prosecutor has charged a Rolla woman in connection with a Tuesday stabbing.
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A strong storm touched off a tornado warning and took out power to hundreds of rural cooperative members in south-central Missouri on Thursday afternoon.
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BENTON, Co. (KMIZ) Multiple people were seriously hurt in several mid-Missouri crashes on Saturday. Benton County A man was flown to the hospital after a motorcycle crash. 45-year-old Corey Wheeler was driving along Macks Camp Ave. on Saturday night when he lost control of his motorcycle. He then overcorrected and overturned. Wheeler was seriously hurt
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A suspect is hurt after a shooting with a deputy in Rolla on Monday afternoon.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: As of Friday morning, MoDOT still lists multiple roads closed due to flooding in Camden, Maries, Morgan and Osage counties among others. The department Tweeted the updated closures Friday morning, advising drivers to check back in with the department for updates. Several Mid-Missouri roads are closed Friday as more rain is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation has closed parts of several roads in Mid-Missouri due to flooding. On Thursday morning, the department closed Highway 94 from Highway 19 to Rhineland, Missouri due to water over the road. The Missouri River east of Jefferson City is near flood stage at Hermann and near Chamois,
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NEWBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) A Rolla, Missouri man was hurt Sunday afternoon following a motorcycle crash in Phelps County. The crash happened around 5:15 p.m. on Water Street just north of Highway T in Newburg, Missouri, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers said a motorcycle driven by Shawn M. Leach, 24, caught on fire
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In an update posted later in the morning, the district said the school had been shut down for the day.
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The Missouri Attorney General’s Office has filed a lawsuit against Zechariah Hockersmith, Richard Hockersmith, and ProCare Pools, LLC, out of Rolla, Missouri, for unlawful business practices.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A majority of Americans no longer need to wear a face mask while indoors, according to new recommendations released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency classifies counties in the United States by three different community levels which are classified as low, medium, and high. These community levels are
Continue Reading PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Authorities are investigating a deadly pedestrian crash on I-44 in Phelps County. The crash happened Sunday morning in the eastbound lanes near the Jerome/Dixon exit at mile marker 176. Investigators have not released the pedestrian’s identity. MoDOT previously closed one lane of traffic to investigate the crash. Major traffic backups were
Continue Reading One person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after a car lost control due to icy conditions, flipping and striking a tree in the process.
Continue Reading One man was flown to the hospital following a semi-truck crash on I-44 in Phelps County early Friday morning.
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ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) Emergency crews took three men to the hospital after a crash on Interstate 44 in Rolla on Thursday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 10:40 p.m. near the 184-mile marker. Troopers said a westbound semi-truck driven by Atseko Tsatenawa, 69, of San Antonio, crossed the median
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) is investigating four cases of Legionnaires’ disease among previously hospitalized patients at Phelps Health in Rolla. DHSS is actively working to help prevent additional people from becoming sick by conducting an investigation and working with Phelps Health to implement any needed public
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